Fatigue and cognitive complaints commonly occur during adjuvant chemotherapy treatment of breast cancer. Fatigue is also associated with radiation therapy, and can occur with surgery alone. Both of these symptoms may persist beyond the initial treatment of breast cancer and they have taken on greater prominence with the growing number of breast cancer survivors. These symptoms are most troubles...

OBJECTIVE To report the management of a rare case of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) induced by tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer in a 50-year-old woman. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Gynecology outpatient department of a university hospital. PATIENT(S) A 50-year-old premenopausal patient with a history of breast cancer was prescribed adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen. INTERVEN...

Background: Breast engorgement is one of the common problem among postnatal mother which causes delayed initiation breast feeds and restriction in breastfeeding. The study was done to assess effectiveness Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding mothers. Materials Methods: Quantitative with non-experimental design chosen this study. 30 mothers admitted ward were selected as samples....

conclusion applying serologic tests for infant whose mother is suspected of brucellosis seems logical. patient the patient was a 3.5 month infant with irritability, loss of appetite and immobility of left hip joint since 10 days ago. there was no medical problem during fetal and neonatal period of his life. the infant nutrition was provided by breast feeding. about one month ago his mother has ...

objective: to assess the level of awareness on breast cancer among women of reproductive age. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in opd of dhaka medical college hospital among the 175 respondents by face to face interview using pretested semi structured questionnaire. results: one forth (23%) aged 21-25 years, mostly muslim (86.3%), housewives (72.57%), had...

Mammography remians the procedure of choice in screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer. However, in patients with symptoms, other types of imaging play an important role in the detection of malignancies. The high cost and lack of availability of PET and MRI largely precludes the use in this patient population. TI-201 is nbt the imaging agent of choice because of its wash-out and redistri...

Nasopharyngeal cancer is the fourth most common in Indonesia after cervical cancer, breast and skin cancer. Meanwhile, nasopharyngeal a malignant tumor located head neck area. Based on WHO there are 3 histological classifications of namely type I, II, III, while according to stage, divided into several stages. Symptoms can be four, eye nerve symptoms, ear metastases or symptoms last nasopharynx...

 Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the various aspects of illness perceptions about breast cancer in affected patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study enrolled 140 patients with breast cancer in their chemotherapy period within 14 months. The revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (revised IPQ) was used to assess the disease representations of breast cancer. The ...

background: quality of life (qol) is becoming an important indicator of treatment efficacy in patients with breast cancer. most previous studies have compared patients' qol following breast conserving surgery (bcs) and mastectomy with or without reconstruction. our aim was to assess the impact of bcs versus oncoplastic breast surgery (obs). methods: selection of patients for bcs or obs was perf...

Normal Breast Anatomy and Physiology Presenting symptoms of breast cancer % of total Differential diagnosis of a breast mass Benign Non-infiltrating (in situ) Invasive breast cancer Occult primary Nipple discharge Breast cancer behavior, general comments Mass screening Identification of high-risk groups Risk of Breast Cancer is influenced by endogenous estrogen levels Postmenopausal hormonal re...